Chapter 495: 495
That night, Gun-Ho made love with Young-Eun .
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Young-Eun did better than at the beginning of their marriage . She used to play like a piece of wood during the intercourse, but these days, she sometimes wrapped her arms around Gun-Ho's neck; she became more active . Also, when she felt good, she gave a kiss to Gun-Ho which she didn't before . All these changes made Gun-Ho think of Mori Aikko or Seol-Bing less and less .
Gun-Ho was putting fruits, coffee, and stuff in his Land Rover when Young-Eun got into the car with a fat bag .
"What is it? What's in the bag? It looks heavy . "
"These are some spices and sauces . "
"Spices and sauces?"
"Yeah . I talked with my aunt yesterday . When I asked her what to bring to her house, she said she needed a soy sauce . So I'm taking a bottle of soy sauce . "
"That doesn't look like just a bottle of soy sauce . What else you got there?"
"Oh, these are some red chili-pepper paste and vegetable oil too . "
"This is so heavy like a rock inside . You carried these all the way from the mart? Why didn't you ask me to carry them for you?"
"You left the mart before I could ask you for help . Remember that?"
Gun-Ho drove a quiet road with Young-Eun . It had been a while since they rode together . Gun-Ho turned on the music . It was not Bohemian Rhapsody that Gun-Ho chose this time . He had used to listen to Bohemian Rhapsody a lot when he drove his shabby car that was about to die, on the way to his work in Pocheon City or Yangju City . The music that Gun-Ho selected was songs sung by singers like Onion, Young-Eun Seo, and Wax .
"I do like quiet and calming music . "
Young-Eun changed the music to some classical music that Gun-Ho had no idea of . Young-Eun seemed to really enjoy the music that she chose, and she looked happy . By looking at Young-Eun who seemed to truly enjoy listening to music, Gun-Ho wanted to buy her a nice smart phone .
They arrived at Young-Eun's aunt's house . It was her dog who greeted them first by barking at them . The dog particularly barked hard toward Gun-Ho .
"This guy is chasing me and barking so hard at me . "
Young-Eun's aunt came out of the house with a smile . She had a handful of anchovy, and she gave them to Gun-Ho . When Gun-Ho gave anchovy to the dog, the dog became calm .
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'Of course, dogs need either a stick or food to be calm . '
When he thought about how to handle a dog, a scary thought crossed his mind . It was Egnopak's president's face that popped up in his head, along with other business owners who he met in the meeting in South Chungcheong Province .
'That is exactly how those people think of their employees . They thought they should handle their employees with either a stick or food . That's why they treat their workers without respect, and they are often on a serious power trip . '
Gun-Ho tried to replace a dog with a person in a sentence that he just thought .
'Of course, people need either a stick or food to be calm . '
It was terrifying and egregious .
'Of course, people need praise and compensation . '
Gun-Ho nodded his head as he changed the wording as he thought more appropriate . He felt like Chairman Lee from Cheongdam Town and Master Park in Goesan Town were smiling at Gun-Ho proudly .
In handling workers, employers were not supposed to use a stick or food . A stick and food in handling dogs require a perfect balance to be effective; otherwise, a dog would bite a human .
'People who are screaming 'out' toward the business owners who were on a serious power trip were not the people outside the firm, but they were their employees . Employees are not a dog or a pig, but they are human beings who require fair treatment with respect . That's how the business owners could be respected and admired by their employees as well . '
As he was developing his thought, Gun-Ho looked at the dog's eyes .
"Goo Seobang!* Come on in . "
Artist Choi didn't call Gun-Ho as President Goo any longer . Since Gun-Ho was now her niece's husband, she called him Goo Seobang .
"Goo Seobang? That sounds weird . "
Young-Eun laughed out loud when Gun-Ho made a comment on his new title .
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"What about me?"
"What about you?"
"Remember the day when we went to the costume play event? Your workers called me ma'am or Mrs . Goo . That was really weird to me . "
Young-Eun's aunt chipped in while bringing steamed potato .
"You are a married woman now . Of course, people should call you ma'am or Mrs . Goo . You sound weird saying that's weird . "
"I felt really old when they called me like that . I felt like I became an old lady . "
"That's how you get old . Try steamed potato . I harvested them from the farmland myself . "
Artist Choi brought a small amount of salt along with potato . Gun-Ho and Young-Eun added a pinch of salt on top of the potato before putting them into their mouths after peeling the skins .
"This is really good . "
"It tastes fantastic . "
Young-Eun closed her eyes half way down while having the potato . She seemed to truly like it .
"Have some water too . "
Artist Choi brought some barley tea . She said while joining them at the dining table, "I received the Chanel handbag that you sent to me through President Shin last time . You didn't have to spend money like that on me . "
"I wanted to show my gratitude, but I don't think it was enough . "
"You should buy Young-Eun a handbag like that . "
"I did . "
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"Really? That's good . Well, thank you for the bag . I heard President Shin got the same one . "
"I have lots of things that I want to thank her for too . "
"President Shin was not sure if she could accept your present . She said it was excessive, and she was sorry that you had to spend that much money on her . "
Young-Eun chipped in while listening to the conversation between Gun-Ho and Artist Choi .
"Auntie! What about mine? I brought something for you too today . "
"What did you bring?"
"These!"
"Whoa, this bag is really heavy . "
"Open it!"
"Wow! I see soy sauce, red chili pepper paste, and soybean paste! Oh, you got me a vegetable oil too . I guess I can skip grocery shopping for at least a month . Thanks to you . "
Young-Eun's aunt went into the kitchen, and she brought cold noodles for them . Several ice cubes were in the bowl along with noodles with young radish kimchi .
"This is a young-radish-kimchi cold noodle soup . "
It was good and cool . It was a nice dish for summertime .
"Please try this too . "
Artist Choi brought some side dishes like pumpkin pancakes and rice wine . They could see Artist Choi's flower garden from the dining area . It gave a relaxing and serene feeling to have a meal with the garden view, especially when they added a rice wine . Young-Eun seemed to enjoy the food as well .
"I feel like I'm gaining some weight whenever I visit this house . "
"Auntie, you look better than the last time I saw you . "
"Really? Maybe because a friend of mine moved into the area . "
"Your friend?"
"She is not an artist, but she is running an art gallery at the entrance of this village . She offers tea and some art tools there . "
"Really? That's very nice . You can hang out with her sometimes . "
"I actually go to see her at the gallery on a daily basis . You probably remember her, Young-Eun . Her name is Nan-Young Eum . "
"Nan-Young Eum? I'm not sure . I think maybe I heard of her name before . "
"She used to work in a travel agency . Her husband used to work in a bank before moving to this area . "
"By the way, auntie, your feet look swollen . "
"Well, it started yesterday . "
"It could be your kidney that needs to be checked up, or it could be just a sign of lack of exercise . You should go to the hospital and let a doctor take a look at it . "
"You think so? It's nice to have a niece who is a medical doctor . So, I could have some idea about what went wrong . So, you don't think this is serious?"
"I don't think you have a serious health issue . It could be just a high blood-pressure that caused it . "
While listening to the conversation between Young-Eun and her aunt, Gun-Ho thought that he didn't have to worry too much about his health while living with Young Eun .
Note *
Seobang – A title within a family when you marry their daughter .